Diversity in the courtroom is not something that happens overnight, but the past few weeks have shown that the rate at which it is happening does not necessarily have to be slow. These are among the latest judges whose appointments...
The fun runs have finished, the coloring contests are closed, and colleges and high school across the country have set up talks for meaningful dialogue. Yes, Law Day is upon us yet again and the legal community’s put in a...
According to reports, only 13% of Americans were interested with the Supreme Court issue at hand—the high court’s ruling on campaign finance. Only about 49% followed the story, but not closely. So what exactly could be the reasons why? During...
As we bid farewell to Women’s History month, let’s look to the future of the court, and open up April with an inspiring talk by U.S. District Court Judge Julie A. Robinson, of Topeka, Kansas. Robinson, a fourth generation Kansan and African...
Perhaps you’re helping your child with civics homework. Perhaps you have a stubborn kinesthetic learner studying for an exam. Perhaps you’re concerned about a friend who’s planning a protest. Or perhaps you just have a hard time getting your family...
If you take a video of yourself with some friends while checking out tourist attractions in town, and you post the video online, it might go viral. But it surely won’t grab headlines across the country. Unless you’re someone going...
In time with the celebration of International Women’s Month, the cause of the female gender in this patriarchal society gets a huge boost, thanks to a social media exec who has been turning heads these days. It started a year ago...
The Constitution does not require federal judges to have a law education. The same thing is true for justices appointed to the nation’s highest court. However, the degree of difficulty of law questions being resolved in the Supreme Court—from constitutional, to administrative,...
As the Senate starts its push to get confirmation votes for stalled judicial nominees this year, let us debunk five of the recurring myths hounding the highest court of the land. 1. Supreme Court justices should have prior judicial experience....
For the first time in many years, judicial nominees have been so diverse in terms of ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation that the White House can’t help talking about it. “The men and women the President has nominated to enforce our...
Hispanic Americans The Honorable Reynaldo G. Garza, an alumnus of The University of Texas School of Law, was the first Mexican American federal judge when he was appointed by President John F. Kennedy to the Southern District Court in 1961. He served...
If a uniform has about seven centuries to evolve, how dignified—or unique—can it look? Ask yourself this the next time you see a federal judge or a Supreme Court justice, because, yes, the robes worn by these men and women...
